Vulnerability Report

CVE-2005-0643

Title: Mcafee Antivirus Engine RCE

Memory Corruption

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2005-0643

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date May 02, 2005

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Available

Score 7.5 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

10.36%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2005-0643: Buffer overflow in McAfee Scan Engine 4320 with DAT version before 4357 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted LHA files.

Impacted Vendors

mcafee 1

kaspersky 1

Reference Links

http://images.mcafee.com/misc/McAfee_Security_Bulletin_05-march-17.pdf http://secunia.com/advisories/14628 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10243 http://images.mcafee.com/misc/McAfee_Security_Bulletin_05-march-17.pdf http://secunia.com/advisories/14628 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10243

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

7.5

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2005-0643 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/24067

View Code

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 03, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

May 02, 2005 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.